retitle 504793 /etc/inputrc, once installed, is never replaced by newer versions severity 504793 normal tags 504793 patch thanks
Hi there,
I am rasing the severity as the current behaviour is quite surprising
and, with all due respect, I fail to see why /etc/inputrc shall never
be updated, unlike other conffiles.
Yes I do have systems that once were installed more than ten years ago
using woody and are now wheezy. On these boxes, files like and as old
as
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 422 Aug 22 2001 /etc/inputrc
still were around, annoying me with some defects like Ctrl-Left/Right
for movement do not work in e.g. bash.
The preliminary (postrm might require some love) patch attached
creates the usual behaviour for upgrades: Tell the administrator about
a change and let them decide what to do. Using ucf for that might be a
bit oversized but keeps the patch small.
Applies to wheezy (6.2-8), works for me.
Christoph
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 5b85416..505c52a 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Package: readline-common
Architecture: all
Multi-Arch: foreign
Section: utils
-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info, ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info, ucf, ${misc:Depends}
Conflicts: libreadline5 (<< 5.0-11), libreadline-common
Replaces: libreadline4 (<< 4.3-16), libreadline5 (<< 5.0-11),
libreadline-common
Priority: important
diff --git a/debian/readline-common.postinst b/debian/readline-common.postinst
index 1a664cf..38a37ea 100644
--- a/debian/readline-common.postinst
+++ b/debian/readline-common.postinst
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
#! /bin/sh -e
-install_from_default() {
- if [ ! -f $2 ]; then
- cp -p $1 $2
- fi
-}
-
-if [ "$1" = "configure" ] && [ "$2" = "" ]; then
- install_from_default /usr/share/readline/inputrc /etc/inputrc
+if [ "$1" = "configure" ] ; then
+ if [ ! -f /etc/inputrc ]; then
+ cp -p /usr/share/readline/inputrc /etc/inputrc
+ else
+ ucf --debconf-ok --three-way /usr/share/readline/inputrc /etc/inputrc
+ fi
+ ucfr readline-common /etc/inputrc
fi
#DEBHELPER#
diff --git a/debian/readline-common.postrm b/debian/readline-common.postrm
index 9a19c2d..4e752fa 100644
--- a/debian/readline-common.postrm
+++ b/debian/readline-common.postrm
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
case "$1" in
purge)
- rm -f /etc/inputrc
+ rm -f /etc/inputrc.{ucf-new,ucf-old,ucf-dist}
+ ucf --purge /etc/inputrc && ucfr --purge readline-common /etc/inputrc
&& rm -f /etc/inputrc
esac
#DEBHELPER#
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